4 boundaries that will prevent people-pleasing from killing your career

A client came into my therapy office one afternoon ready to quit her job. She’d been passed over for another promotion and had no idea why. I suggested that before resigning, she ask her boss why she wasn’t advancing. She came back to her next appointment stunned. Her boss had told her she lacked leadership skills. “For 10 years, I did everything asked of me,” she said. “If someone said jump, I asked how high. I thought I looked eager. But my boss said he c...